Texas officials announce takeover of Houston school district

Hoax 911 calls targeting schools across New York State alarm parents.

The man who lost a skiing lawsuit to Gwyneth Paltrow says he "wanted to see if justice prevails".

For the first time since the Cold War, an American journalist has been detained on spying accusations by Russia.

A snowboarder in Washington state was trapped upside down in a tree well before being rescued by a nearby skier.

Pope Francis is being treated for bronchitis at a Rome hospital and responding well to antibiotics.